Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Northwest Africa 712

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Northwest Africa 712

Basic information

Name: Northwest Africa 712
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 712
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2000
Country: (Northwest Africa)
Mass: 610 g

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	L3.8
Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 85	(2001)	L3.8
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	L3.8
Recommended:			L3.8 [explanation]

This is 1 of 69 approved meteorites classified as L3.8. [show all]
Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 3), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 3)

Data from:
  MB85
  Table 4
  Line 180:

Origin or pseudonym:	Foum Zguid
Date:	2000
Mass (g):	610
Class:	L3.8
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	25.5
Classifier:	A. Rubin (UCLA) and M. Skirdji (Chemin de la Touviere, 38330 St. Nazaire Les Eymes, France
Type spec mass (g):	22.6
Main mass:	M. Skirdji

Institutions
and collections

UCLA: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (institutional address; updated 17 Oct 2011)

Catalogs:

References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 85, MAPS 36, A293-A322 (2001)

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Geography:

Coordinates:

Unknown.

Statistics:
This is 1 of 9305 approved meteorites from (Northwest Africa) (plus 1873 unapproved names)

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